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The Charge d’Affaires en Pied at the Embassy of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Madam Nena Marie Helene Okitundu Ayaki has said that the people of Liberia and DR Congo have many things in common such as names of persons and places as well as their eating habits.
KINSHASA has posted former foreign affairs minister Jean Charles Okoto as its ambassador to Kampala.
KCC, motivated by Wednesday's triumph over giants TP Mazembe, resume their hunt for CECAFA glory today with an encounter with Tanzania's Prisons.
United Nations-backed Congolese armed forces conducting intensified military operations in eastern and northern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have failed to protect civilians from brutal rebel retaliatory attacks and instead are themselves attacking and raping Congolese civilians, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Thursday.
Rights groups say they have received many reports of intelligence agents abusing detainees.
Researchers are launching a clinical trial with 1,500 people infected with onchocerciasis (river blindness) in Liberia, Ghana and the Democratic Republic of Congo to test a remedy that could help stop transmission, according to drug manufacturer Wyeth Pharmaceuticals and the World Health Organization (WHO).
United Nations-backed Congolese armed forces conducting intensified military operations in eastern and northern Democratic Republic of Congo have failed to protect civilians from brutal rebel retaliatory attacks and instead are themselves attacking and raping Congolese civilians, Human Rights Watch said today. The attacks on civilians from all sides have resulted in a significant increase in human ...
A drug normally used in animals will be tested for its ability to control river blindness transmission in clinical trials in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ghana and Liberia.
The Charge d'Affaires en Pied at the Embassy of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Madam Nena Marie Helene Okitundu Ayaki has said that the people of Liberia and DR Congo have many things in common such as names of persons and places as well as their eating habits.
Two separate attacks on Congolese army positions by the FDLR were recently repulsed, particularly June 30, as the Congolese celebrated Independence Day.
Women victims of mass rape during an attempted escape from at a prison in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, have spoken to IWPR of the incident, which provoked concern from the United Nations and human rights campaigners.
Continuing clashes between armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have forced civilians to abandon their homes in North Kivu and affected aid operations, a UN official said.
Although strides have been made in implementing the peace process in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) - ending the deadly conflict there between the Government and a militia - the United Nations Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region said today that progress remains slow.
After killing several DRC soldiers including a Major and a Captain, the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) have been blamed for killing two more Congolese soldiers.
The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) last week strongly condemned the persistent atrocities against innocent civilians by the FDLR or ex-FAR/Interahamwe in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Tension that has gripped DR of Congo and Uganda fishermen over fishing on Lake Edward is yet to end.
The relations between Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are considered as excellent and privileged ties, according to the neighbouring country's ambassador to Angola, Eric Paluku Kamavu.
Young female recruits were frequently raped by commanders in Thomas Lubanga's militia, a former soldier in the Union of Congolese Patriots, UPC, told the court this week.
The United Nations is helping to restructure the prison system in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), on the heels of the rapes of nearly two dozen female inmates during an attempted prison break earlier this week in the country's far east. During a 10-day workshop - bringing together 50 representatives of Government, academia and civil society - one dozen UN experts with the world body's ...
Twenty female detainees in the central prison in Goma, a large town in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), were raped during a recent riot, officials have said.
Alliance des Patriotes pour un Congo Libre et Souverain (APCLS), a militia faction formerly aligned to the Mai-Mai fighters of the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is said to joined forces with the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) also known as ex-FAR / Interahamwe.
The media regulation bodies of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa) and the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) have signed an agreement on the control of political propaganda programmes.
I knew a lot about how the International Criminal Court, ICC, worked but was keen to see it in action because of its role in achieving justice for the people from my part of Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC. The IWPR internship in The Hague offered me a great opportunity to observe it at first hand and to be part of the reporting.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced his deep distress at the rape of some 20 female inmates during an attempted escape from a prison in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and called on authorities to bring the perpetrators to justice.
Rebel activity in parts of eastern and northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has forced the postponement of secondary school leaving exams for hundreds of children, officials have said. At least 403,000 students nationally are expected to sit the exams.
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